James Stasiak
I am a visual artist. Every aspect of digital photography from capture
to editing to reproduction is based on mathematical operations which
determine how form, geometry and color interact. My work uses these
interactions as creative tools to construct and evolve images to
communicate my process and imagination. My photo editing software is
the mathematical construct housing my artist's toolbox, color palette
and canvas; my intuition and improvisational skills provide direction,
and both respond well to happy surprises. After decades of using
digital imaging systems and software, I continue to become more
comfortable and adventurous with their interactions. The JMM Art Shows
give me the perspective to appreciate the math behind the art.
"Decisions" was developed by running an edge-finding function on
an image of very large pixels from part of a digitally modified
photo. It represents the decisions that an equation made to
determine where an edge of a pixel appeared, and how strongly it
would represent it, with a variable to determine how strictly the
edges would be followed. What developed was this image (with a few
more color interactions.) It also represents a very free-flowing
decision tree which is not strictly bound by binary choices, much
like how I see our consciousness working.
"The Strong Force" is part of a continuing series of images which
depict this invisible force which binds the protons and neutrons
of the atomic nucleus together. The color and structural
manipulations of the original photos lent themselves to this
interpretation. The continuing series develops the conceptual
image of particles being drawn together and held by an
encompassing force.